Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh Assembly constituency

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Maharajganj
Constituency No. 318 for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
Country India
Region North India
State Uttar Pradesh
District Maharajganj
Total electors386,617 (in 2017)
Reservation SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party Bharatiya Janta Party
Elected year2022

Maharajganj is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Maharajganj in the Maharajganj district of Uttar Pradesh, India.

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Maharajganj is one of five assembly constituencies in the Maharajganj Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2008, this assembly constituency is numbered 318 amongst 403 constituencies.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearMember [1] Party
1952 Ram Swaroop Mishra Indian National Congress
Rameshwar Prasad
1957 Amarnath Mishra Independent
Duryodhan
1962 Duryodhan Socialist Party (India)
1967 Indian National Congress
1969 Hansraj Bharatiya Kranti Dal
1974 Duryodhan Indian National Congress
1977 Dukkhi Prasad Independent
1980 Firangi Prasad Visharad Janata Party (Secular)
1985 Ram Lakshan Indian National Congress
1989 Keshav Prasad Janata Dal
1991 Ram Pyare Azad Bharatiya Janata Party
1993 Chandra Kishor
1996
2002
2007 Sripati Azad Samajwadi Party
2012 Sudama Prasad
2017 Jai Mangal Kanojiya Bharatiya Janata Party
2022

Election results

2022

2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election: Maharajganj [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Jay Mangal 136,071 51.8 Increase2.svg1.17
Independent Nirmesh Mangal59,16822.53
SBSP Geeta Ratna22,3958.53
BSP Omprakash20,4667.79Decrease2.svg15.18
AIMIM Jitendra7,7512.95
INC Alok Prasad5,8652.23Decrease2.svg18.08
CPI Ramkeval2,8141.07Decrease2.svg0.5
NOTA None of the above 2,8481.08Increase2.svg0.03
Majority 76,90329.27Increase2.svg1.61
Turnout 262,67263.45Decrease2.svg0.49
BJP hold Swing


2017

Bharatiya Janta Party candidate Jai Mangal Kanojiya won in 2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Elections defeating Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Nirmesh Mangal by a margin of 68,361 votes. [3] [4]

2017 Assembly Elections: Maharajganj (SC) [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Jai Mangal Kanojiya 125,154 50.63
BSP Nirmesh Mangal56,79322.97
INC Alok Prasad50,21720.31
CPI Ramkewal3,8861.57
NISHAD Sant Kirpal3,6041.46
NOTA None of the above 2,5731.05
Majority 68,36127.66
Turnout 247,21663.94
BJP gain from SP Swing Increase2.svg12.05


2012

2012 Assembly Elections: Maharajganj (SC) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SP Sudama84,58139.11Steady2.svg
BSP Nirmesh Mangal48,42622.39Steady2.svg
BJP Chandra Kishor45,30120.95Steady2.svg
INC Alok Prasad15,9727.38Steady2.svg
PECP Vishnu Dev7,4383.44Steady2.svg
CPI Ramkewal3,5721.65Steady2.svg
Remaining 10 Candidates10,9915.08Steady2.svg
Majority 36,15516.72Steady2.svg
Turnout 2,16,28161.27Steady2.svg
SP hold Swing


References

  1. "Maharajganj Election and Results 2018, Candidate list, Winner, Runner-up, Current MLA and Previous MLAs". Elections in India. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  2. "Uttar Pradesh General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India . 25 May 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Assembly result 2017". Elections.in. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  4. "Maharajganj, Uttar Pradesh Assembly constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  5. "Uttar Pradesh 2012 Results". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 June 2020.

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